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[Android Head-Units] adit9989:
Question about S150. Did anybody find a way to open the market to more applications ? I mostly looking to install 2 TTS engines (I have SVOX which works but it's not the best). I'm looking to install Ivona and CereProc voices (Ivona it's free the other one I purchased an use on another devices).Try side loading, does not work, Ivona works initially but stops later after some days .I suppose that there is some checking even for the free version. I was able to install the modified market by Chelphus which in theory removes device limitations but I still get incompatibele for these two apps. By the way, I lost the icon for Play store from the main launcher, how can I get it back ? I have to go now in ES File explorer Manage applications and start from there ."Add to desktop" does not work, and tried to reinstall, same problem the icon is not there. I could do a factory reset, but need to install again everything after, so if anybody knows the launcher and how to bring back the icon would be great.

I did not try editing build.prop to emulate other device (if anybody did it and works please post the modified build.prop file for this device). Did not want to play because I don't know if you can start in recovery if the device does not boot. Did anybody find how to go in recovery in case the device can not boot ? Which combination of buttons (the volume is a knob not buttons).There is any recovery on the S150 ?

Thanks
[Android Head-Units] royalhawk2002:
For the market here you have the right App: Market Helper ;)
[Android Head-Units] royalhawk2002:
Playng with the Secret menu of my unit, I found the "User Function" button that contains a list of selectable items. One of it is "Winca". Anyone knows what effect the button has ? Is it affecting the GUI of the unit ?
[Android Head-Units] kaween:
Already tried that; couldn't get it to work. To be honest, I've never ever seen or heard Spirit FM work on anything else than a couple of Samsung and HTC's .... but maybe a person who's more knowledgable on the matter has more luck.

[MENTION=1071793]adit9989[/MENTION] : the lack of a proper recovery is indeed the reason why I only dare to go so far with this unit. I know for sure I'd be breaking something along the way as half of the time I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to dabbling in Android.
[Android Head-Units] blue swede:
The firmware is for the i802. I must have named it wrong when I compressed the files. The folder containing all upgrade files is called "i802_system upgrade files" and I haven't changed anything in the folders/files I recieved from Hifimax.

*Edit* I have renamed the file to "i802..." instead of "i810..."
[Android Head-Units] royalhawk2002:
Another info: I found on my Google Market account , that the I802 is identified as : "unknown WD Android on SMDKV210"

Googling SMDKV210, I found that is the main PCB of the Unit and is produced by Samsung. I found also that a lot of Android chinese devices, as Tablets, Car Stereo, Android TV are build using this board, and on the net a lot of custom ROM are available. I was wondering if these custom ROM (also with Android 4.0) can be used on our devices.
[Android Head-Units] adit9989:
I tried. Did not work... (it was the first thing I tried sometimes ago). I remember doing the exact steps in the thread. Or at least worked partially Now I have 2 Unknown Device showing on my Google Account. Did you try it ? It worked? What device did you emulate ? Any additional steps to do ? Does your device show properly as the new emulated one on your account ? Can you try to search for "Ivona TTS" and see if it shows on you market list and let's you install.
[Android Head-Units] royalhawk2002:
Not tried yet...I will try and let you know! :D
[Android Head-Units] adit9989:
Without a working recovery I would not try you may brick your unit. Things like FM radio chip, GPS, BT may not be on the main board and require drivers build in specific to the firmware. Even small differences may brick your unit.

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Thanks, let me know if you find a working solution. Some apps can be side loaded other paid for do not work well if you try. For example Ivona even if it's free for now has a build in license check probably for the future when is out of beta. The fact that stops working after some time may be related to some checking which I hope installing from market may fix it .The other one from CereProc has a very strong protection, and I paid for it, using it on a phone and tablet. I tried side loading but does not work offline after that. don't really think it's a real incompatibility the CPU in unit is a Samsung Cortex A8 not some unknown one, it's just that the unit ID is somehow totally unknown to market. I think only the apps which do not impose ANY device restrictions work, everything else fails to show or load from market.
[Android Head-Units] doggy101:
I802 errors and the software update 1.1

some time ago I got this errors

(I802)

"the app Google Services Framework (proces .com.google.process.gapps) has stopped....

and

"the app SpeechRecognitionService ( proces.com.archermind.recognition) has stopped

does anyone have any idea what's the reason for these errors?, they pop up all the time..

I did a factory reset and the errors dissapaered since last week they are back again it's very annoying as they pop up onfront and you have to confirm them to get away

are some release notes or list of fixes for software update 1.1 from Halifax and has anyone tried it?
[Android Head-Units] Darkshrimp:
looking at buying this unbranded one off ebay from this Pumpkin seller.

Has anyone had experiences with them?

The only reason i'm leaning towards this purchase is because of the fact that it's running android 4.0.

IS the system slow? I've bought some chinese tablets for laugh before and to try some mods with, it was soo slow I could not use it at all.

Would be good to hear some feedback! thank you all.
[Android Head-Units] royalhawk2002:
- Rooted in 2 seconds! :good:

Managing to add the Jeep logo at boot. Using the ES file manager, in the bootlogo directory added the Jeep.png 166x108 32 bit (is just the icon to select). The real image should be the Jeep.rle file in the same directory. I tried several PNG to RLE converter in order to make the .rle file but , at boot is displayed very distorted. At this point the easy thing to do, is ask to someone of you that has the "Jeep" logo selectable, to please copy the jeep.png and the jeep.rle files from the unit and post here! :D

Thank you!:rolleyes:
[Android Head-Units] Orisai:
These 4.0 headunits are WinCE+Android hybrids, with the later running on top of an emulator.

You should contact Peter Chan on skype (pumpkin_cool). He has a pure Android 4.1 headunit with proper hardware specs to run it. He'll soon release his new headunit, and it seems he's taking orders personally through Skype.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMFXR8C0KCQ&feature=share&list=UU5idhlXZfjcSV9KDp-gcCOw
[Android Head-Units] doggy101:
I802 update 1.1

The link is dead can you re-up the files?

did someone do the update allready?
[Android Head-Units] blue swede:
i802/S150 software
[Android Head-Units] doggy101:
Thanks ;) did you update it yourself?

and do you know the differences?
[Android Head-Units] blue swede:
No problem!

I did the update myself but I couldn't notice any difference. I think the firmware is dated in april so it's quite "old".
[Android Head-Units] kaween:
Yeah, I had that happening a couple of times during my tests. I suspect it has something to do with "something that happens when running a dataconnection" : it never happened when the radio unit wasn't online : it's as if something gets corrupted (application updates or whatever) and you turn of the unit while that's going on. Mind you, that's speculation on my part.

Fact is, I had it happen when the unit was online, but never when it's offline.
[Android Head-Units] tin2001:
Well it's been a month but I finally sat down and looked at the files - seemed to match mine 100% so that was nice. Flashed it and it all worked still, so then I looked into rooting it... turns out it's easy as on these units. Replaced the su binary, reflashed expecting an error or a boot failure, but was surprised to see everything up and running, and root access... DONE!

If anyone wants a copy of this rooted build, let me know. No point uploading it if no one wants it :p
[Android Head-Units] doggy101:
I802 errors and the software update 1.1

Hi Kaween, It pops up with or without a dataconnection.

It seems when you disable WIFI compleet it is gone...

I hope the 1.1 update will solve this.
[Android Head-Units] daveaus:
Yes yes yes :) I assume you based the build on the rom I uploaded?

Please send :D
[Android Head-Units] tin2001:
Yeah - it's based on that one.

I've uploaded here: http://loderscomputers.com.au/imx53_smd-eng-2.3.7-R10.3.3-r1-eng.sbd.20130120.144713.zip

Remember to back up your stuff because it'll get wiped. The superuser.apk in the zip needs to be installed after booting up (I didn't embed it in the image), and after that, root-happy apps should run.

Usual disclaimers apply - I'm not responsible for your device failing, nuclear war or climate change. Take care to avoid these things.

Oh, and a note to myself more than anything - to get into the upgrade mode on my unit, I held power and eject. Book says any button, but it lies.
[Android Head-Units] scoolro:
Here are the digitizer model and code photos, I do hope this can help in giving me an idea on how to repair this damn screen of mine.

I think the digitizer part# is DPT 300-N3459B-C00 or 321002 0101

as

always thanks fr any information and help

Scoolro
[Android Head-Units] adit9989:
Same here. It happened once after parking in my garage. Next day the message popped up. I had to do a full factory reset and reinstall my apps to get rid of. I had the WiFi on and of course in my garage it connects to my home network. Since then I keep WiFi off and turn it on only when I'm prepared to update something. Anyway is of no use when driving. I suspect it has to do with a half baked update interrupted in the middle.

I did not have this problem since then.

One question, if you use the unit in the car. How is your FM reception ? Mine is slightly worst than with previous radio. Using same antenna (car build in) and usually listen to the same station. I'm getting bad reception in areas where I don't remember having problems before. Any way to improve the reception ? Some preamplifiers ? I did some reading but the opinion at least about the cheaper eBay ones is they don't work.
[Android Head-Units] doggy101:
I802 errors and the software update 1.1

Iuse Wifi for internet via my mobile as a hotspot :) so I need Wifi on...

the error is there with or without a dataconnection, but WiFi in the carradio is set to "on"
[Android Head-Units] adit9989:
The error will disappear after a full factory reset. However you may get it again in the future if you keep any data connection on (so the device can access and update some applications whenever it wants). I suspect it has to do with some of gapps updating themselves but from what I know there is no way to disable self update of gapps, except installing hacked versions.
[Android Head-Units] doggy101:
Did that but it did not help :laugh:
[Android Head-Units] adit9989:
Full factory reset did not help ? Did you see the message "formatting data partition..." (and the penguins after that)? Factory reset formats your data partition and installs the default applications. It does not reinstall the system partition so you keep the root if you had one, but for sure erases gapps.

If you tried and did not work, no idea. It worked for me.
[Android Head-Units] doggy101:
it did for several weeks, and by did that was a modded maket.. :)
[Android Head-Units] sciallo:
Wow! I just spent days reading this thread evan after reading all this, I forget half of the conclusions we came to... :eek: Could we consider starting a wiki page somewhere to summarize al the findings?

I'm going to jump on board soon, I'm thinking the 2din OUKU will fit my needs. I do have plans to try and fiddle with a couple of things:

1- Is wired usb obdii confirmed possible on the OUKU? I read something about it but still not sure after all this reading...

2- Most important, I can't stant the idea of my unit going through rebooting if I so much as shut my car off for a few seconds.

I'm thinking of some sort of emulated sleep for a few hours before shut off (turn the screen, bluetooth, keep wifi on if at home so I can synk files with desktop etc. off, pause whatever is playing on any app) has anyone figured a way (script or app) to do something of the sort? I'm thinking it wouldn't be too complicated to hook up the acc wire up to a relay that would trigger a button press on the sterring wheel interface with a resistor of unused value by the actual steering wheel controls to trigger suspend/resume... still need to do some reading on that interface, anyone knows what range of resistence and what "resolution" (ie. what min. ohm difference between one button and another) works? and more importantly can a couple of buttons be used to trigger a soft suspend or anything at the android os level or are they only going to control low level devices (dvd/radio/etc.) This will involve a little bit of circuitry but shouldn't be too insanely hard to do.

3- has anyone actually soldered an external microphone with good result (read quality) or has it been just theory?

4- the "famous" pure android 4.1 unit from pumpkin_cool youtube video... it has been on the virge of release "any minute now" for months. What is up? anyone got their hands on one? should I wait?

Great community effort and support btw, thanks to everyone... I wish the guys with more android knowledge didn't disappear, but I figure with the low level hardware underneath the head unit there is only so much they can do without some sources available...
[Android Head-Units] blue swede:
My S150 (i802) is installed in my 2008 Mazda 5 and one very pleasant surprise was that the unit didn't reboot when I started the car. I'm not sure if there is a delay in the power from the car or if it's built into the dvd unit itself. Anyway, I'm very happy with the unit. The sound is great, the steering wheel controls worked from the start and Navigon works perfect for me.
[Android Head-Units] doggy101:
How did you get navigon working?i had to fake the market.......
[Android Head-Units] jakejm79:
I have a wired USB OBDII dongle working with my OUKU, I followed the steps here: http://brady.thtech.net/ to install the kernel with the correct module, this as after flashing the rooted firmware available earlier in this thread, then run the following command to create a file to make Torque think it is a Ca-Fi unit.

echo "finland_rds_ru" > /etc/carit_version2 ; chmod 644 /etc/carit_version2

There is about a 10-15 second delay, so during starting (when the car will normally kill all non essential electronics (i.e. radio) it wont reboot when you start it. There is a command that is programmable to shut off the display, so it could be possible to map that to a steering wheel button that isn't used, I'm not it is possible to activate it via a script. Personally with the unit rooted and bloatware removed, I normally have the radio up and playing in about 20-25 seconds, not that much of an inconvenience.
[Android Head-Units] sciallo:
Thanks, that's good to know :good:

I personally still would like to get the unit to stay on for a long period of time, if I had to add an additional battery for it... I want to be able to synk and upload files to it when at home through my wifi connection too. So one thing that's still not too clear to me is wether that "shut the screen off" option you're talking about and all other functions that the steering wheel button can control are in any way talking to the android side of it, or just the underlying eprom that controls non android hardware...

If so, is there an android way (app or script) that can shut the screen off? I plan on controlling that with a circuit that simulates a button push on either a non existing steering wheel button, or if that can't trigger any android events, a hacked usb keypad with its buttons remapped for other purposes (we should be able to add a few extra buttons on the dashboard the same way for things like screen dimming, skip pause etc for apps the steering wheel interface doesn't handle... I would like to be able to skip a song in pandora for example, without having to exit torque, navigation or whatever is displaying at the moment...
[Android Head-Units] shunsai:
Yes, please upload it!

What do you mean when you say you replaced the su binary? Do you mean you changed the u-boot-skip.bin?
[Android Head-Units] tin2001:
No, no... I replaced the su in the system.img file. system.img is simply a ext3 filesystem image, which can be mounted in Linux (something like "mount <path to system.img> /mnt -o loop"), and the file copied into it.
[Android Head-Units] shunsai:
Ohhh. Thank you! That's very helpful. I'll do my homework on EXT3 filesystem images. I'm not yet very well-versed in the heart and soul of Android like that. Thank you for sharing your insights!

Btw, seems we have all the same system versions. What unit do you have? Is yours capacitative screen like mine?
[Android Head-Units] blue swede:
I downloaded and installed the Navigon apk from the internet. I have bought and installed it from google play for my phones/tablets but it didn't work on my S150. How do you fake market?
[Android Head-Units] doggy101:
I used market helper and emulate an HTC one X then browsed for Navigon and voila it was installable ( I bought navigon because I use traffic and other in-app apps.)
[Android Head-Units] blue swede:
Ok, thank's. I will try that! :)
[Android Head-Units] doggy101:
can you ask your supplier for a changelist for the 1.1 update? I wonder why the update is released.
[Android Head-Units] Defender666:
Where to buy the VW Version of this unit? How is it called?

Can someone confirm radio reception is good?
[Android Head-Units] blue swede:
I could ask but I'm not sure the support at Hifimax knows about any changelist. They just linked me to a download site for the software from the developer. I'll get backto you when/if I get an answer from Hifimax.
[Android Head-Units] doggy101:
can you post the site URL from the developer ?:D
[Android Head-Units] blue swede:
This is the link I got from Hifimax: http://uploadingit.com/file/ldiggemb5pwmzjkf/I802_system%20upgrade%20files.rar
[Android Head-Units] tin2001:
Yeah. Mine is capacative.
[Android Head-Units] kaween:
No, there's no "delay or buffer" inside a 802. What it does have, is an extremely low treshold for rebooting. ALL headunits will reboot when the input voltage drop below their critical value. Just happens that with teh 802, that treshold is approx 9.5V. I measured it before I could believe the tech specs regarding this, and they're correct.

Because of this, the 802 won't do a power-recycle after ignition, making the boot times even shorter than most other units.

Most other units will need 10.5V, some even 11.5V. That's all fine when your engine is running and the voltage is at approx 13.2V, but when you crank the engine, it will drop below critical value for sure, even with a good battery if the treshold is something like 11.5V (Typical value for a Pioneer).

This works very well except for cars where the ignition key really mechanically disconnects all non-essential loads during crank. (Renault/Dacia ... do that). In such cases, even the 802 will reboot as they're completly cut off from the power during the ignition cycle.
[Android Head-Units] blue swede:
Ok, thank's for the information. I guess I'm lucky that my car doesn't disconnect the stereo on startup. :)
[Android Head-Units] kaween:
A bit of a mixed bag. The reception is definitly better than with the stock radio, but somewhat weaker than with my previous WinCE unit. I haven't had issues with it so far.

With my stock radio, the reception was terrible : I did some research into antenna amps and bought a cheap ebay version : it did amplify, but it amplifies _everything_, including static. After I exchanged the stock unit, I haven't had any reception issues.
[Android Head-Units] tin2001:
I thought that would be sensible a while back - I think there's a post where i asked pretty much the same question :p

A good starting point might be to create a page that explains the different variations (with photos) so it's clearer which tips and tricks apply to a given unit. I am happy to contribute if someone who knows the wiki rules gets something started. I don't want to create a page, only to be told off for doing it wrong :p
[Android Head-Units] adit9989:
So market helper worked for you ? Did you do anything special after installing and switch to the device you wanted to emulate ? Thanks.

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Thanks. Mine is a little bit worst than with the stock radio. With some stations you don't know the difference but with other, probably lower signal you feel. I did not install it myself, I hope that the installer properly connected the antenna.
[Android Head-Units] doggy101:
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yes it did...
[Android Head-Units] Jake Bullit:
Radio reception is poor on VW. The stock unit uses two antennas and amplified diversity system built in the radio.

This unit can take two antenna inputs, but has no built in amplifier.
[Android Head-Units] doggy101:
WIFI OBD working on I802 without any adaption :)

Hi All,

I ordered a WIFI ODB adapter in a dutch webshop and it all worked on Torque "out off the box" no ad-hoc settings at all just plug and play :), I'm Happy....

It's a dutch website, here's the URL to the adapter http://www.obdshop.nl/obd-2-universeel/obd-2-wifi-interface-voor-android.html
[Android Head-Units] principino1984:
Could you please share the link where you bought it? Thanks

Marco
[Android Head-Units] doggy101:
I don't know how your "dutch" is but here it is !:good:

http://www.obdshop.nl/obd-2-universeel/obd-2-wifi-interface-voor-android.html
[Android Head-Units] principino1984:
Nice .. thanks! Does it work with VCDS too? have you tried? Sorry for the "OFF TOPIC"

Marco
[Android Head-Units] doggy101:
I do not have a working version of VCDS, I will try later on just received the adaptor yesterday

do you have a working version?
[Android Head-Units] kaween:
Interesting ! I had searched for such a device but couldn't find it. Hence the Ad-Hoc & Static Trick.

Question : does the CD come with some kind of config software and if so, would you consider posting it ? I've been searching High and Low for something like this.
[Android Head-Units] doggy101:
software for what device or os? for android it's just "torque"
[Android Head-Units] kaween:
:laugh:

No, sorry I wasn't clear enough. I'm talking about the cd that came with the OBD interface. I suspect/hope there's some kind of windows-based config software for the OBD interface on that mini-cd, to alter the standard AP-settings of the interface. That's what I'm looking for.
[Android Head-Units] doggy101:
no there is not, only software to use for windows/Iphone/android
[Android Head-Units] kaween:
Felgercarp ! :(

Still, thanks for checking. I'm 100% sure this software does exist and most (all ?) ELM327's can be switched to AP mode, I've seen a screenshot of this software but so far I've not been able to track it down. Ah well.
[Android Head-Units] doggy101:
WIFI OBD working on I802 without any adaption :)

it's an accespoint so maybe by opening a browser window to it.I wil give it a try later on...
[Android Head-Units] Orisai:
In the youtube video Peter said he's taking orders through skype. You should try contacting him (pumpkin_cool).